A Clarendon College rodeo team member died following a skid loader accident on campus Monday night, March 18.
Twenty-year-old sophomore Dalton O’Gorman of Shamrock was pronounced dead at the scene by Justice of the Peace Pam Mason, and an autopsy on Tuesday morning confirmed the young man died from crushing injuries he sustained.
“We are deeply saddened to share news of the loss of a member of our Bulldog Nation,” CC President Robert Riza said. “Please keep Dalton’s family, rodeo team members, Coach Bret Franks, and everyone at the college in your thoughts and prayers.”
Emergency personnel were called to the grounds of the Livestock & Equine Center at 7:54 p.m.
Donley County Sheriff Butch Blackburn said two students were using a skid loader and had put a fork attachment on the loader but had not engaged the latches to secure the fork to the loader.
Blackburn said while they were moving the loader, O’Gorman was hanging from the forks raised in the air. The forks bounced loose of the loader and apparently fell to the ground on top of the student. Students and first responders then attempted to resuscitate O’Gorman.
“No charges are pending in this case,” Blackburn said. “It was just a terrible accident.”
Services for O’Gorman are set for this Thursday, March 21. Details are available here.
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